title: [A case of alpha chain disease in an African negro (author's transl)].
abstract: A new case of alpha chain disease is described in an African negro (Zaïre). The initial diagnosis was lymphoma, diffuse immunoblastic type. serum protein electrophoresis exhibited a normal pattern but immunoelectrophoresis demonstrated alpha heavy chain without reactivity with anti light chains antisera. It seems to be the third case of alpha chain disease in a black patient.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D044383:Black People; D001797:Blood Protein Electrophoresis; D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006362:Heavy Chain Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007122:Immunoelectrophoresis; D007137:Immunoglobulin alpha-Chains; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D007137:Immunoglobulin alpha-Chains
vernacular_title: Maladie des chaînes lourdes alpha chez un noir d'Afrique subsaharienne.